Carlton (Nottinghamshire) weather

Headline:

Cold with sleet and snow.

Today:

Dry but mostly cloudy and cold to start. Any early brighter spells disappearing as a band of rain, sleet and snow on higher ground reaches southwestern parts. Wind strengthening. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Overcast with sleet and snow overnight which will readily settle especially over higher ground. Feeling colder in the freshening wind. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

Thursday:

Early rain, sleet and snow soon clearing Thursday morning, then drier and brighter, though remaining cold. Winds gradually ease though the afternoon. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Winds easing. Cloud thickening Friday, turning windy with rain and showers, continuing into Saturday and Sunday, mainly in the south of the region. Turning much milder.

Quite changeable as Atlantic frontal systems track near or across the UK at times, bringing spells of rain or showers, typically heaviest and most frequent over western areas, but interspersed with drier interludes. Some spells of strong winds will be possible at times too, again more especially in western parts. With a flow generally from the North Atlantic, temperatures will likely be near or above average for much of this period, though a trend towards something a little cooler is possible for a time around the change of the month. Later in the period there may be a trend towards slightly drier conditions in the southeast, whilst it remains wet times in the northwest, but confidence in this aspect is rather low.

Confidence is rather low through this period with regards to the weather patterns affecting the UK. The most likely outcome is a continuation of rather changeable conditions, with low pressure systems tending to pass close to or to the northwest of the UK, bringing occasional spells of wet and windy weather, especially in the north west. High pressure to the south may build across the UK at times to bring some drier, quieter interludes, this probably most frequent in the south and east. Temperatures are likely to be near or slightly above average for the period as a whole, though some relatively short-lived interludes of colder conditions remain possible.